Dr. Mark Cohen is the Dean of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine and Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer for Carle Health. He is a practicing surgical oncologist and endocrine surgeon and a tenured professor of Surgery and Biomedical and Translational Sciences in the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. He is also a Founder Professor in The Grainger College of Engineering in the Department of Bioengineering, as well as a professor in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. 

His work has been continuously funded by the NCI (NIH) for 17 years, and he has also received funding from the National Science Foundation, the Komen Foundation, the American Cancer Society, the Department of Defense, and even NASA. He has published 135 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has held multiple leadership roles in national medical and surgical societies, including several national leadership positions in surgical societies, and is a founding member and program co-lead of the Holomedicine Association and currently Chairs the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Emerging Surgical Technology and Education.